Yule log refers to a Christmas tradition and a food stuff.
Yule log refers to a television program which airs on WPIX-TV in New York City during the Christmas holiday.
For other uses, see yule log (disambiguation) A chocolate yule log A yule log is a large log which is burned in the hearth as a part of traditional Yule or Christmas celebrations in some cultures. ... The Yule Log is a Television Program which airs traditionally on either Christmas Eve and/or Christmas morning on New York, New York television station WPIX-TV Channel 11. ... WPIX-TV WB11 in New York City is the flagship station of the Warner Brothers television network. ...
In Wicca, a form of the holiday is observed as one of the eight solar holidays, or sabbats, where Yule is celebrated on the winter solstice: in the northern hemisphere, circa December 21, and in the southern hemisphere, circa June 21.
Many of the symbols associated with the modern holiday of Christmas such as the burning of the Yulelog, the eating of ham, the hanging of boughs, holly, mistletoe, etc. are apparently derived from traditional northern European Yule celebrations.
Though notionally synonymous with Christmas, both religious and secular, Yule and Yuletide are sometimes used by English speakers as secular names for December 25th and late December in general in much the same way that the Scandinavian "Jul" does not distinguish between the Germanic Pagan feast, Christmas, and (quite possibly) the pre-Indo-European winter solstice celebration.
Yule is the winter solstice Blót (celebration) in Ásatrú, the pagan practices of the Germanic peoples prior to the arrival of Christianity.
In modern Neopaganism, Yule is celebrated on the winter solstice: in the northern hemisphere, circa December 21, and in the southern hemisphere, circa June 21.
Many of the symbols associated with the modern holiday of Christmas such as the burning of the Yulelog, the bringing in of a Christmas trees, the eating of ham, the hanging of boughs, holly, mistletoe, etc. are apparently derived from traditional northern European Yule celebrations.
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